CIVIC OFFICES, CROYDON

CIVIC OFFICES, CROYDON

This landmark civic office building is the cornerstone project of a wider regeneration programme for Croydon.

General Information

Bernard Weatherill House provides Croydon with a
state-of-the-art new civic office building. Located on a brownfield
site facing onto Queen’s Gardens, the development acts as a
contemporary counterpart to the Grade II Listed Town Hall.

Arranged around a central atrium, the building steps up from
five to 13 storeys, large open floors providing flexible office
accommodation. Sustainability features include a climate wall,
green and brown roofs and grey water harvesting.

Building Information Modelling
(BIM) was used to analyse and assess the impact and viability of
various value engineering exercises. BIM also significantly
improved understanding of some of the complex interfaces on the
project and helped ensure these were fully considered and planned
prior to work beginning on site.

As part of our work with the local community we provided a
training suite within a nearby business centre. The facility was
used on a daily basis by a local college, with curriculum support
at its sessions provided by company staff.

We consistently exceeded our local employment
target of 10%, recording an average of between 15% and 20%, while
in support of another of our client’s key drivers, the project team
made a concerted effort to purchase from local suppliers.

All site staff attended a Safety Culture Change
training course designed to highlight personal safety and
responsibility on site, while training provider Construction
Learning World offered English as a Second Language classes for
site operatives.

We invited design students from the nearby Brit School to
produce a visitors’ guide to the education and training facility we
provided. Images produced by photography students at the school
featured in the guide and were being displayed on our site
hoardings.